Wodonga Institute of TAFE, Victoria and local Landcare and Country Fire Authority groups
Rural men in Wodonga, northern Victoria, were the target of this project aimed at increasing the use of, and demand for, e-learning in communities.
Here you can view the presentation given at the ALA Conference, November '05.
The Wodonga Institute of TAFE aimed to use e-learning to engage rural men aged over 45 who were unemployed or disengaged from their communities. These men are living in small, rural communities in North East Victoria. North East Victoria was still suffering from the effects of a recent drought, which impacted on the social and health wellbeing of rural farming communities. Many of the communities in the project were classified as remote and isolated. The target group was men who don't traditionally participate in formal education, and maybe unemployed or otherwise isolated from their community.
Here's a digital story video which the local LandCare group put together to tell the story of the Yackandandah Gorge.
The research finding of Barry Golding from University of Ballarat, in his report "Men's learning through ACE and community involvement in small rural towns" (2004) looks at the ways that men learn in their communities. The findings of this report underpinned the project proposal.
Wodonga Institute of TAFE and its partners hoped to take the resources to where this target group were actually learning i.e. connect with these men through the Country Fire Authority, Football Clubs and Landcare Groups.
This project objective was to bring the partners together and adapt the modes of learning that they provide to incorporate e- learning opportunities. It also sought to increase the capacity of all partners to incorporate e-learning into their operations and to specifically develop 3 e-learning programs aimed at men, particularly those 45+.
Through these activities Wodonga Institute of TAFE increased the capacity of its partners to incorporate e-learning into their learning operations and develop programs aimed at this target group.
Wodonga Institute of TAFE, Victoria and local Landcare and Country Fire Authority groups
Rural men in Wodonga, northern Victoria, were the target of this project aimed at increasing the use of, and demand for, e-learning in communities.
Here you can view the presentation given at the ALA Conference, November '05.
The Wodonga Institute of TAFE aimed to use e-learning to engage rural men aged over 45 who were unemployed or disengaged from their communities. These men are living in small, rural communities in North East Victoria. North East Victoria was still suffering from the effects of a recent drought, which impacted on the social and health wellbeing of rural farming communities. Many of the communities in the project were classified as remote and isolated. The target group was men who don't traditionally participate in formal education, and maybe unemployed or otherwise isolated from their community.
Here's a digital story video which the local LandCare group put together to tell the story of the Yackandandah Gorge.
The research finding of Barry Golding from University of Ballarat, in his report "Men's learning through ACE and community involvement in small rural towns" (2004) looks at the ways that men learn in their communities. The findings of this report underpinned the project proposal.
Wodonga Institute of TAFE and its partners hoped to take the resources to where this target group were actually learning i.e. connect with these men through the Country Fire Authority, Football Clubs and Landcare Groups.
This project objective was to bring the partners together and adapt the modes of learning that they provide to incorporate e- learning opportunities. It also sought to increase the capacity of all partners to incorporate e-learning into their operations and to specifically develop 3 e-learning programs aimed at men, particularly those 45+.
Through these activities Wodonga Institute of TAFE increased the capacity of its partners to incorporate e-learning into their learning operations and develop programs aimed at this target group.